Lazio conquers Ferraris and continues its bid for a place in Europe. Given the recent past, winning in Genoa (red and blue side) is never easy. The match was decided by a goal from Luis Alberto which put aside the post-Salernitana controversies. A dirty victory for the eagles who made many mistakes, but were able to return to the field in the second half in a more intense manner with the desire to take home all that was at stake. An important success that sends a signal to other contenders for positions in Europe.
LINEUPS – Tudor confirms the eleven of seven days earlier with Salernitana. Mandas in goal, Patric, Casale and Gila in defense; Marusic, Vecino, Kamada and Lazzari on the midfield, Felipe Anderson and Kamada behind Castellanos. The news is the captain’s armband not on the arm of Luis Alberto who pays for the statements against Salernitana.
FIRST HALF – First useful ball for Castellanos who wins a rebound, but stops badly and allows Genoa to recover. The hosts are much more dangerous with Ekuban and Retegui who, however, are not precise and do not frame Mandas’ goal. Biancocelesti who move a lot and show new patterns on the corners that lead Lazzari to the conclusion, closed by the rossoblù defense. Felipe Anderson is more dangerous from twenty meters, his shot doesn’t go far. Many errors on both sides, with Tudor losing Lazzari due to injury: in his place Hysaj placed himself on the right with Marusic moving to the left. The end of the half gave the right ball to Castellanos who did not shoot in front of Martinez and looked for Luis Alberto who was closed by the Genoa defence. In added time in the first half, the Eagles took an incredible counterattack that launched Ekuban all alone in front of Mandas, but the diagonal of the tip went just wide. We go into half-time at 0-0 in a match where we saw more shadows than lights.
SECOND HALF – The second half opens with Romagnoli replacing Casale, who was booked in the first half. Lazio started better and tried to raise the center of gravity but still made a few too many errors. In the 53rd minute Luis Alberto tries with precision, finding Martinez’s hand to put it in the corner. The Capitoline attack, but are not precise. In the 62nd minute de Winter slips and throws Marusic, a series of rebounds that frees Felipe Anderson who shoots but is blocked in the corner. Lazio pushes and Romagnoli has a good impact from the corner, but finds the deflection of Vogliacco who saves again in the corner. In the 67th minute Tudor’s team passes: Felipe Anderson invents for Kamada, low cross, pass from Vecino and Luis Alberto scores. Pedro and Cataldi enter for Castellanos and Felipe Anderson, while the former Badelj joins Genoa. Mandas keeps good guard on Retegui, while Kamada is closed on the following counterattack. Luis Alberto as leader touches many balls and manages the Biancoceleste maneuver before giving way to Rovella. The four minutes of injury time did not provide thrills and there was room for Tudor’s celebration which now brought the opponents closer, the race for Europe is still open.
Published on 04/19 at 8.27pm
